TIL that in 1982, the comic strip The Far Side jokingly referred to the set of spikes on a Stegosaurus's tail as a "thagomizer". A paleontologist who read the comic realized there wasn't any official name for the spikes and began using the new word; Thagomizer is now the generally accepted term.
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Submitted June 04, 2020 at 04:00PM by AskMeWhatToDo https://ift.tt/2zUAhVX
Submitted June 04, 2020 at 04:00PM by AskMeWhatToDo https://ift.tt/2zUAhVX
TIL that in 1982, the comic strip The Far Side jokingly referred to the set of spikes on a Stegosaurus's tail as a "thagomizer". A paleontologist who read the comic realized there wasn't any official name for the spikes and began using the new word; Thagomizer is now the generally accepted term.
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